G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6598

149 lybrightness mag 6.33F9V

Also catalogued as HD 160933 · HIP 86184

5,983 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

5.34× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

149 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

5.34×

the Sun's light output

3.03

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6598G-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6379 →17 ly apart
HR 6421 →20 ly apart
60Tau Dra →22 ly apart
HR 6173 →28 ly apart
63Eps Dra →29 ly apart
Kochab →37 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Eltanin →mag 2.2
Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.